Backlash in the Treatment of Cancer Pain: Use of Opioid Analgesics in a Finnish General Hospital in 1987, 1991, and 1994
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- 作者：Vuorinen ; Eero ; Vainio ; Anneli ; Reponen ; Anssi
- 关键词：Analgesics ; opioids ; cancer pain treatment ; medical practice ; terminal care
- 刊名：Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
- 出版年：1997
- 出版时间：November, 1997
- 年：1997
- 卷：14
- 期：5
- 页码：286-291
- 全文大小：450 K
文摘
Finland belongs to the group of countries in which the consumption of strong opioids is low. This seems to reflect the general quality of cancer pain treatment. During the last 10 years, many efforts have been made to improve the treatment of cancer pain in Finland. To assess one parameter of change, the present study compared the quantity of opioid and nonopioid analgesics used in the treatment of terminal cancer pain in a Finnish general hospital in 1987, 1991, and 1994. Specifically, the records of all patients who died of cancer in Kymenlaakso Central Hospital (KCH) in 1991 and in 1994 and during the last 6 months of 1987 were reviewed to acquire information about the use of analgesic medication.